Khalid al-Dakhil, assistant professor of sociology at King Saud University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, will be online Monday, Feb. 5 at 11 a.m. ET, to discuss his research into the rebirth and ascent of Wahhabist Islam — the strict interpretation adhered to by some al-Qaeda members — and the Saudi state in the early 20th Century. The Saudi writer and academic holds a doctorate in sociology from UCLA.